03967nam 2200781Ia 450 991080814600332120200520144314.00-7914-8365-71-4237-4386-5(CKB)1000000000458766(OCoLC)76786411(CaPaEBR)ebrary10579181(SSID)ssj0000173146(PQKBManifestationID)11169770(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000173146(PQKBWorkID)10162098(PQKB)10670497(OCoLC)62750465(MdBmJHUP)muse6254(Au-PeEL)EBL3407758(CaPaEBR)ebr10579181(OCoLC)923409432(UtSlPG)52122(MiAaPQ)EBC3407758(DE-B1597)684394(DE-B1597)9780791483657(EXLCZ)99100000000045876620040412d2005 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrHospital transports a memoir of the embarkation of the sick and wounded from the peninsula of Virginia in the summer of 1862 /edited and with an introduction by Laura L. Behling1st ed.Albany State University of New York Pressc20051 online resource (171 p.) Originally published: Boston : Ticknor and Fields, 1863.Letters and papers compiled by Frederick Law Olmsted at the request of the United States Sanitary Commission.0-7914-6369-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-36) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Part One -- Editor’s Introduction -- Part two -- Hospital Transports -- Dedication -- Introduction -- Chapter I. -- Chapter II. -- Chapter III. -- Chapter IV. -- Chapter V. -- Chapter VI. -- Appendix -- Appendix A. -- Appendix B. -- Appendix C. -- Appendix D. -- IndexThe care of the sick, wounded, and dying during the American Civil War was a complex endeavor that brought ordinary men and women into contact with the terror of the battlefield. Hospital Transports is a compilation of letters and other papers written by physicians and nurses serving aboard the Union hospital steamboat Daniel Webster in the summer of 1862. The text details sleeping arrangements, cooking and feeding schedules, medical practices, and the incorporation of liberated slaves from the Lee plantation into the daily work of the ship. Clearly described are the emotional, visceral reactions of the corps of medical personnel who, as their ship makes its way along the Potomac picking up casualties, question the philosophies at the root of war, and the metaphysical questions concerning the definitions of life and death.Hospital shipsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryHospital shipsVirginiaHistory19th centuryTransportsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryTransportsVirginiaHistory19th centuryMedical personnelUnited StatesCorrespondencePeninsular Campaign, 1862United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865HospitalsUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Medical careUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesHospital shipsHistoryHospital shipsHistoryTransportsHistoryTransportsHistoryMedical personnelPeninsular Campaign, 1862.973.7/76Olmsted Frederick Law1822-1903.275526Behling Laura L.1967-1654214MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808146003321Hospital transports4005913UNINA